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Avoca is a small incorporated town in east-central Benton County, on U.S. Highway 62 about six miles northeast of Rogers, in the booming Northwest Arkansas metropolitan region.

Avoca is named for the town of Avoca in Ireland: storekeeper Albert Peel opened a store at a stagecoach stop and named the place, probably after the Irish river and town, a name his wife Mary Kate is also credited with suggesting.

Avoca's post office has been in operation since 1872, and the town was platted in 1881 when the community shifted to the new railroad line.

In the early 1900s Avoca thrived on the region's fruit industry, but its population ebbed as fruit production in Benton County declined.

Avoca was not incorporated until March 16, 1966, well over a century after settlement.

The 2020 census counted 487 residents in Avoca, essentially unchanged from 488 in 2010 but far above the 173 residents recorded in 1970, as Northwest Arkansas growth spread outward from Rogers and Bentonville.

In the 2000 census, Avoca had 423 residents living in 162 households.

Public education for Avoca students is provided by the Rogers School District.

The town covers about 1.88 square miles at an elevation of about 1,345 feet, positioned between Rogers and the Pea Ridge National Military Park.